(ThyBlackMan.com) AUTHOR’S NOTE: ” Negro ” in this article means persons of African descent who allow government to treat them like pets. Exhale y’all, this isn’t solely a color thing, it’s a citizenship thing. ” Securing the inner city ” is a horse I beat to near-exclusion of other topics. Everyone ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) If The Mo’Kelly Report has been anything over the years, it has been both consistent and fair. For every story Mo’Kelly has written in derision of a John Mayer, Michael Richards or even Dog the Bounty Hunter, you will also find one equally critical of Gilbert Arenas/Plaxico Burress, the Duke ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Several sources in the NBA are stating that basketball star Allen Iverson is having serious problems with alcohol and gambling. The issues are significant and are threatening his career. Iverson has only played in 25 games this season for his current team, the Philadelphia 76ers, and his points per ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Ebony Magazine is tinkering with the cliff’s edge. It is lapping up its last left days. One inch from chugging down the death pill. But it knows the road from hand-to-mouth is long and winding–and harrowing. So, to stave off the inevitable, it has decided to make good use of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Crime fighting begins with childhood experiences and of course personal choice. Regardless of quality, upbringing explains extreme behavior but doesn’t excuse it. Membership in the security profession; what the media calls the real life superhero movement and other concerned citizen camps offers me ample insight. Talking to suspects caught ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) A favorite dead horse is deglamorizing thug behavior. It’s tiresome seeing folks shovel themselves into the criminal justice system and afterward cry foul. Never saw the benefit of badly playing hands dealt from  marked decks. Giving ourselves felony records and vacuuming money into correctional coffers is too costly. Instant access ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) You would think that Myron Rolle, the NFL super-stud who also happens to be a Rhodes Scholar, would be the kind of man who makes us proud. You would expect that his status as being the man who represents the future of the black athlete in America would make ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Comparing Tiger Woods and the scandal he’s embroild in to the personal and professional savaging that Muhammad Ali suffered is more than insulting. “Boxing is nothing, just satisfying to some bloodthirsty people. I’m no longer a Cassius Clay, a Negro from Kentucky. I belong to the world, the Black ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Obama is quietly moving forward with a plan for black America. He’s just not talking about it. It’s probably a good idea. Obama has been criticized recently – particularly by commentator Tavis Smiley – for not speaking out directly on behalf of African-Americans and failing to specifically ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Where is the Black John Walsh? He’s the host of the America’s Most Wanted show and publicizes open cases weekly. Our victims should be put on blast by enlisting the community in its own security. Those silent about suffering condone more to come. Beyond simply locking people up is another ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I didn’t cry at either grandfathers funerals. Nor my mothers. Nor my grandmothers. Please don’t think me uncaring because I’m not. Honoring them was the point. They raised me to keep a stiff upper lip in public. Conversely, breaking down around others shouldn’t cause embarrassment. Everyone has the right to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In its purest definition, Chivalry is truly dead. Chivalry refers to the code of ethics and conduct of a knight (or chevalier) during the Middle Ages, where his horse, weapons, attendants and flag were concerned. The code had nothing to do with conduct in love until much later. After the ...